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Today on the DB2Night Show, host Scott Hayes introduced us to the first 5 contestants on the “ DB2 has Talent ” competition. Scott tapped fellow IBM Gold Consultants Martin Hubel and Klaas Brant to be judges, as well as me. I must say it was put together very professionally and I think all participants and listeners had fun. Here’s the lowdown on what we experienced. First contestant Ramesh presented about db2top. Ramesh was clearly very skilled and passionate on this topic and it showed. Unfortunately for Ramesh, he went first, on... [More]

On today’s DB2Night Show , we had the second set of competitors who are competing in the DB2 has Talent Competition. This week we had 6 amazing competitors who made it difficult for we judges (Martin Hubel, Klaas Brant, and I) to choose who would move on to the finals. Before I tell you who was chosen to move on as a result of this episode, let me tell you a bit about all the competitors. Vijay’s presentation was titled “Keeping Critical OLTP Databases Up and Running”. Vijay’s primary tip was to gather data when your database is running... [More]

I missed last week’s show due to vacation and thank Cristian Molaro for filling in for me. I haven't had a chance to watch the replay yet. If you’re in the same situation, you can find all the replays on the DB2Night Show Blog . Today we heard from 8 contestants on a variety of topics. If you are thinking of creating a presentation, I highly recommend that you watch what these people do as they are becoming quite expert at showcasing technical information. Here is a brief description of today’s show: Mary – db2move Loved her photos... [More]

Another great show. Five more educational and entertaining presentations. What an excellent finale. You have two weeks to watch the replay and to vote for your favourite . Remember that the overall winner gets a free pass to an upcoming IDUG conference! The winner will be revealed on the next DB2Night Show, Friday, April 8. Let me tell you about the presenters today: Norberto – From DBA to DBA: Tips to Make your Life Easier Another great presentation from Norberto, filled with amazing tips that will help any DBA. Luckily for us,... [More]

Were you able to join today’s DB2 Night Show webinar? Today was the second
show of this year’s very popular competition. If you missed it, I strongly
encourage you to watch the replay . Here’s what you’ll get: Contestant 1 – Kohli Restore Redirects Kohli’s presentation showed how you can backup your database on one
filesystem and redirect it to another. He very clearly went through a scenario
where he did so and showed the errors that can result and how to solve the
issues. Unfortunately Kohli ran out of time during the... [More]

A
whopping 730 votes were cast for our finalists before Friday’s show!
As a result, we have our top 6 and bottom 3 contestants. The task for
the judges is to save one of the bottom 3 and then to hand off the
voting to you the listeners again. Let’s try to beat the number of
votes from last week! Two of our bottom three: Renu How I successfully, designed, implemented and monitored IBM InfoSphere Event Publisher.... My Experience. Event
Publisher is a Subset of Q Replication. Rene provided a good
definition of this tool with... [More]

Do you have DB2, Informix, InfoSphere or Netezza skills and are you in the market for a new job? Now, there are 4 resources that should be included in your job search. To help connect you, as a technically skilled IBM data product professional, with IBM customers who need your skills, IBM has launched four web sites: DB2.jobs , Informix.jobs , InfoSphere.jobs and Netezza.jobs . These web sites bring together into a single resource many jobs worldwide to make the search easier. The sites enable keyword searches, as... [More]

The
top 7 finalists of the DB2Night Show “DB2’s Got Talent” competition
presented today. And guess what we got? Another 7 great presentations
that were both entertaining and informative! The
last round of the competition ended up with 964 votes! Can we top that
in the next round? As a result of the votes, we’ve identified the top 4
and the bottom 3 ⇒ The judges will save 1 from the bottom 3 in this
show. Next week we’ll hear from the Top 5 as determined by your votes. So support these rising stars... listen, vote, and share!... [More]

The
top 5, based on last week’s votes, presented today on the DB2Night
Show’s “DB2’s Got Talent” Competition. The top 3 are automatically saved
while the judges must save one of the bottom 2. If you missed today’s show, check out the replay. The winner from last week show will be announced on Scott’s blog and will win a $25 amazon.com gift certificate. More
than 800 votes were cast in the past week. Thanks to all! Be sure to
come back for the final week of voting! Based on votes, here is the
current ranking. 1. Mohan 2. Ember... [More]